Flagpole attachment.



H. G. SUHR. FLAGPOLE ATTACHMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 24, 1909.

Patented Jan. 24, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN G. SUI-IR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SAMUEL A. SANCIER, OF BALDWIN, NEW YORK.

FLAGPOLE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 24, 1911.

, tain new and useful Improvements in Flagpole Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to attachments for flag poles and has for its object to provide a device which is easily and readily applied to the flag pole for maintaining the flag in an extended position and thus prevent it from becoming twisted about the pole.

My device is further intended to prevent the flag from flapping against the pole and becoming torn or otherwise injured.

My invention will be fully described hereinafter and the features of novelty will be pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a view showing my device in operative position on a flag pole; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device; Fig. 3 is a similar view of another form of my invention; Fig. 4 is an enlarged partial elevation of still another form of my improvement; and Fig. 5 is a section thereof on line 5-5 of Fig. 4. I

In the drawings, 1 represents the flag pole which is provided at its upper end with the usual pulley or eyelet 2 for the accommodation of the halyards 3 by means of which the flag 4 is manipulated.

My particular device comprises an arm or rod 5, preferably made of wire or other suitable material provided with an eyelet 6 to which the one end of the halyard and the inner upper corner of the flag are secured. The said rod 5 has its inner end formed into a coil 7 adapted to surround the flag pole 1 as shown in Fig. 1. The free end of the rod 5 is preferably formed with an eyelet 6 adapted to receive a clamp '01- similar fastening device 7 for removably securing said free end to the one edge of the flag. By referring to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the rod 5 extends along one edge of the flag exteriorly thereof and adjacent thereto and is free from said flag with the exception of its outer end which is secured to the flag in the manner described and the eyelet 6 which is secured to the upper inner corner of said flag.

My invention is intended mainly for use in connection with inclined flag poles so that as the flag is agitated by the wind, it is maintained iii an extended condition and is prevented from becoming twisted about said pole by means of the rod 5. The said rod 5 also maintains the said flag out of contact with said pole and prevents the flag from flapping against the pole and becoming damaged; should the wind be strong enough to tend to swing the flag completely about the pole, the rod 5 will engage the halyards and will thus be thrown back by impact therewith. By forming the inner end of the rod 5 in a coil, which surrounds the pole 1, the said pole is engaged at more than a single point in the direction of its axis and the rod 5 is thus held in its outwardly projecting position as shown in Fig. 1 and is prevented from swinging toward the pole. This coil being thus in the nature of a wide collar and further being resilient removes a great deal of the strain from the pole caused by the flapping of the flag.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a different form of my device in which the rod 5 is formed with an enlargement 5 at its inner end in addition to the eyelet at its free end similar to the eyelet 6 and adapted to project through an eyelet 8 forming part of the coil 7 which is arranged to encircle the pole 1 similar to the coil 7 In this form of my device, therefore, the coil and the rod are separate connected elements so that when the flag is lowered the said rod may be swung to a position in which it is parallel with the pole and permitted to slip through the eyelet 8 in which position it may be secured to the pole by tying or otherwise so as to be out of the way. In this form of my device the attachments may thus be permitted to remain on the pole and need not be removed when the pole is taken down or stored away. It is to be understood that the enlargement 5 and the eyelet 6 at opposite ends of the rod 6* prevent the said rod from being entirely removed from the eyelet 8. Furthermore, the enlargement or projection 5* engages the eyelt S and malntains the rod 5 in its outwardly projecting position against swinging toward the flag pole. Otherwise, this form of my device is the same and operates the same as the one illustrated and described with regard to Figs. 1 and 2. The rod 5 in this illustration may move relatively to the coil and will thus be prevented from swinging completely about the pole engaging said pole and being thrown backward thereby. Should the coil rotate with the rod as it swings the halyards will return the rod in the manner described with regard to Figs. 1 and 2. i

In the construction shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the coil 7 is elongated instead of circular and the flag pole is provided near its outer end with a wedge shaped projection 1 inclining toward the inner or fixed end of the pole. Thus as the flag with the coil 7 is moved outward on the pole the said coil will finally be forced up on said projection 1*"- by a pull on the halyards, so as to be locked against rotation about the pole. Otherwise this form of my device is the same as shown in Fig. 3. As the wind blows the flag, the rod 5 of this form will swing relatively to said coil and will engage the pole and be thrown backab y impact therewith.

My device is easy, simple and cheap to manufacture, is readily applied to, and removed from a flag pole and is. effective for the purpose for which it is intended. It does not interfere with the ordinary raising and lowering of the flag and greatly increases the life thereof.

Various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention as defined in the claims.

I claim:

1. A flag pole attachment comprising a rod having its one end formed into a coil arranged to surround the flag pole and" adapted to extend exteriorly of and adjacent to one edge of the flag and means for securing the other end of said rod to said flag.

2. A flag pole attachment comprising a continuous rod having its one end formed into a coil arranged to encircle the flag pole and adapted to extend exteriorly of and adjacent to one edge of a flag and means for securing the free end of said rod to said fla 3 A flag pole attachment comprising a collar adapted to loosely encircle the flag pole so as to be rotatable about said pole said first named means and extending eX- teriorly of and adjacent to one edge of a flag and means for securing said stiffening means to said flag.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN G. SUHR.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. KEHLENBEOK, SAMUEL A. SANGIER. 

